tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102103.post1459591971869083317..comments2023-12-22T03:51:16.223-05:00Comments on Big Monkey, Helpy Chalk: Victory over space and time using nicenessRob Helpy-Chalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814390262154687969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102103.post-47512679626402580282007-09-05T20:09:00.000-04:002007-09-05T20:09:00.000-04:00Sounds a lot like my experience of bus riding in M...Sounds a lot like my experience of bus riding in Madison, WI, too, which allegedly has good public transit. <BR/>In fact, there was this dismal transfer point in the middle of a vast and forbidding wasteland of concrete. <BR/>One time, when it was especially cold, and all these other buses had come and gone, I was certain I actually had frozen to death and was in fact in hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102103.post-7772224154869099632007-08-27T11:10:00.000-04:002007-08-27T11:10:00.000-04:00I think it wouldn't have taken nearly as long if I...I think it wouldn't have taken nearly as long if I had been able to get on the 3. The whole experience, though, is evidence of the disrepair of the system. A better funded system would have had a larger bus on the 3 route, with a bike rack. Buses would be where they are supposed to be. Etc.<BR/><BR/>It is only 20 minutes when I drive directly, and an hour fifteen or so to bike it. I'm planning on biking home this evening.Rob Helpy-Chalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814390262154687969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102103.post-2041602339322838432007-08-27T11:04:00.000-04:002007-08-27T11:04:00.000-04:00My god. Over 2hrs by public transit? How long woul...My god. Over 2hrs by public transit? How long would it have taken if you had driven? The tragedy of public transit in this country is that with a few major urban areas exempted, our transit system is so poor that taking public transit is either a committed ideological statement or a function of poverty (i.e., can't afford car/gas).<BR/><BR/>FYI, DC is a city with a comparatively good public transit system. But when I do ride the bus, I often find that I am the only person on board who is not a person of color. Here bus transit is definitely a function of income/class. (The Metro, on the other hand, is more used by the middle class.)Mrs. Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439504732028752632noreply@blogger.com